Effect of Various Factors and Kinetic Study of Oxidation of Crotyl Alcohol by Ce (Iv) in Acid Medium

Mamta Saraf, Gopal Garg and Swarnlata Saraf*

Institute of Pharmacy Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010 (India)

The Kinetic behavior of oxidation of Crotyl alcohol by Cerium (IV) studied spectro photometrically and observed the effect of ionic strength and temperature. The study described the effect of concentration of Cerium (IV), the Crotyl alcohol and Perchloric acid on the rate of reaction to arrive at a suitable rate expression. The rate shows zero order with respect to concentration of Cerium (IV) and first order each on concentration of Crotyl alcohol and Perchloric acids. The influence of ionic strength of the medium on the rate has been studied to find out the possible involvement of the oxidizing species in the reaction. The study shows that the reaction was unaffected by changes in the ionic strength of the medium. The effect of the temperature on the rate showed the applicability of the Arrhenious equation and use to evaluate the different activation parameters of the reaction. It has been also observed that this oxidation reaction induces polymerization of acrylonitrile.

Crotyl alcohol; Cerium(IV); acid medium; Spectrophotmeter